As the country approaches Thanksgiving break, there’s alarm among public health experts that the annual travel of college students from college towns to home gatherings could worsen the situation.
Edrine Okong, an ambitious college golfer from Uganda, reached Howard University when an unlikely avenue opened — Warriors guard Stephen Curry donated more than $1 million to create a Division I program at one of the country’s most prestigious historically Black colleges.
The pandemic shaped both Rhodes Scholars' interests and the ways winners were chosen for the venerable award, which went virtual for the first time in its 117-year history.
Because cheerleading is not governed by the N.C.A.A., its participants can sign lucrative endorsement deals that would lead to punishment for most college athletes, including soon-to-be N.F.L. and N.B.A. millionaires.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham promised a free college education to all residents, but the plan was scuttled by free-falling oil prices, a reluctant Legislature and Covid-19.
Students are again seeking pass-fail options for this anything-but-normal fall. Institutions are far less lenient than they were in the spring -- with some exceptions.